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Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Voronin (Russian: Вячеспав Никопаевич Воронин; born 5 April 1974 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump.
Voronin was a World Champion (1999) and European Indoor Champion (2000). His personal best is 2.40 metres, set in London in August 2000. He competed in Athens 2004 and Helsinki 2005, but did not win medals in either.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing  Russia
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| 1993 | European Junior Championships | San Sebastián, Spain | 2nd | 2.18 m |
| 1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 2nd | 2.31 m |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 2nd | 2.36 m |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 2.37 m | |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | 1st | 2.34 m |
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 10th | 2.29 m | |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 9th | 2.25 m |
| World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 2nd | 2.33 m | |
| Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 2nd | 2.31 m | |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 9th | 2.29 m |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | 2.29 m |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 14th (q) | 2.25 m |
References
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Preceded by Javier Sotomayor
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Men's High Jump Best Year Performance 1999–2001 |
Succeeded by Jacques Freitag
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| World champions in men's high jump | |
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| Russian Athletics Championships men's high jump champions | |
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Vladikavkaz
- Russian male high jumpers
- Olympic male high jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Russia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships winners
- European Athletics Championships winners
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Russian Athletics Championships winners
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